Frank Harvey was an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 screenwriter

Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

 who jointly won a BAFTA Award with John Boulting and Alan Hackney

Alan Hackney

Alan Charles Langley Hackney was an English novelist and screenwriter.. He was educated at Thornleigh College, Bolton, and while at Manchester University was called up to the army...

 for I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack is a 1959 British comedy film directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting from a script by Frank Harvey, John Boulting and Alan Hackney, based on the novel Private Life by Hackney...

in 1960

1960 in film

The year 1960 in film involved some significant events, with Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho the top-grossing release in the U.S.-Events:* April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I...

. He was born 11 August 1912 in Manchester

Manchester

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. During his career he was nominated for a second BAFTA for Private's Progress

Private's Progress

Private's Progress is a 1956 British comedy film based on the novel by Alan Hackney. It was directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting, from a script by John Boulting and Frank Harvey.-Plot:...

. He died 6 November 1981 in Ottery St. Mary, Devon

Devon

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.

His father, also called Frank Harvey

Frank Harvey (Australian screenwriter)

Frank Harvey was an English-born actor, producer and writer best known for his work in Australia.-Biography:...

 (1885 – 1965) was born in Jersey

Jersey

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, Channel Islands

Channel Islands

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 to a French actor who first adopted the stagename Frank Harvey.

Filmography

• I'm All Right Jack
  I'm All Right Jack
  I'm All Right Jack is a 1959 British comedy film directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting from a script by Frank Harvey, John Boulting and Alan Hackney, based on the novel Private Life by Hackney...
  
  
• Private's Progress
  Private's Progress
  Private's Progress is a 1956 British comedy film based on the novel by Alan Hackney. It was directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting, from a script by John Boulting and Frank Harvey.-Plot:...
  
  
• Heavens Above!
  Heavens Above!
  Heavens Above! is a 1963 British satirical comedy film starring Peter Sellers, directed by John and Roy Boulting, who also co-wrote along with Frank Harvey, from an idea by Malcolm Muggeridge...
  
  
• The 39 Steps
  The 39 Steps (1959 film)
  The 39 Steps is a 1959 British thriller film directed by Ralph Thomas, starring Kenneth More and Taina Elg. It is a remake of the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film, based on the novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan....
  
  
• Seven Days to Noon
  Seven Days to Noon
  Seven Days to Noon is a 1950 British drama / thriller film directed by John Boulting and Roy Boulting. Paul Dehn and James Bernard won the Academy Award for Best Story for this film.-Plot:The film is set in the early 1950s...
  
  
• The Long Memory
  The Long Memory
  The Long Memory is a 1952 film directed by Robert Hamer and based on the 1951 novel of the same name by Howard Clewes. A crime thriller filmed on the North Kent Marshes on the Thames Estuary and the dingy backstreets of Gravesend its bleak setting and grim atmosphere have led to its acclaim as a...
  
  
• Brothers in Law
  Brothers in Law (film)
  Brothers in Law is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas and Jill Adams...
  
  (1957)